Sting pull out victory with third-period goals against Greyhounds

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Three was the magic number for the Sarnia Sting on Friday.

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They earned their third straight win by scoring three unanswered goals in the third half to lead the Soo Greyhounds 5-2 to a 3,634 at the GFL Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Cooper Way scored the final two goals, including an empty net, in his first two-goal game of his career.

Nolan Burke added a goal and two assists as Sting (22-14-4-2) tied the idle Saginaw Spirit (24-16-2-0) for fourth place in OHL’s Western Conference at 50 points apiece . The teams meet in Saginaw on Saturday.

OHL top scorer Ty Voit has no worries about playing two West Division rivals this weekend.

“It’s more difficult to play away but not a problem for us,” he said, “so I think we should be fine.”

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Voit had a goal and an assist. He leads the OHL with 66 points in 42 games.

Easton Wainwright also scored for the Sting.

Ben Gaudreau made 30 saves for his third straight win.

“He made some big saves early on,” Sting head coach Alan Letang told the Sault Star. “In the third game when it was a draw he made some big saves for us and that’s the luxury we have. When Ben is good, he’s one of the best goalies in the league. We expect him to make some of those saves.”

Gaudreau and Sting forwards Sasha Pastujov and Zach Filak each played in their 100th game of the regular season on Friday.

The Sting have been doing some minor line juggling lately as they fit into recent additions Luca Del Bel Belluz and Brenden Anderson, although the top two lines have stayed the same in the last two games.

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“Anytime you bring in some new guys, especially great players, you have to see what works,” said Burke, who was in line with Voit and Marcus Limpar-Lantz.

The Sting were overshot 16-7 in the first half, but they led 2-0 after 20 minutes with goals from Wainwright and Burke.

The Greyhounds drew level in the second game. Caeden Carlisle scored with 8:56 shorthanded and Justin Cloutier scored with four seconds to go.

Carlisle’s goal was the third short-handed marker allowed by Sting in two games.

At 13:27 of the third period, Voit scored the winning goal via rebound.

Way added an insurance gate at 16:10 and found the empty net at 17:55.

Ethan Del Mastro hit his season-high with three assists. He has seven assists in his last three games.

Greyhounds goalie Samuel Ivanov made 32 saves.

Both teams took a 0-1 lead on the power play.

Windsor continues to lead the Western Conference with 60 points, London has 59 and Owen Sound has 53.